BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Dactylis glomerata L. (Cock’s-foot)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Dactylis glomerata Plant 8 September 2003 West Cornwall England 12
Dactylis glomerata Plant 20 June 1974 (Yorks) England 3

Suggested Literature

Dactylis glomerata may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Dactylis glomerata:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is decayed by pseudothecium Mycosphaerella recutita - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph Mycosphaerella recutita - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [conidiophores emerge through stomata. Causes chocolate coloured spots with pale centres.]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta gracilispora - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellowish-brown leaf spots up to 1cm diam.]
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha pygmaea - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza cinerascens - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by communal larva Cerodontha pygmaea - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo maculata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredopsis litterata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredopsis nassata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf may have puparium Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph Mycosphaerella recutita - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [conidiophores emerge through stomata. Causes chocolate coloured spots with pale centres.]

Dactylis glomerata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)
Dactylis
(cock's-foot grasses)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae